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Colonist, Volume XLVI, Issue 10623, 23 January 1903, Page 4

"There I Lay" " Night After Night," «A VICTIM TO INSOMNIA The Case of MrTc. A. THORNE, {By a Special Htporter.) The colonial home of Bugby footbaH is unquestionably in New Zealand, where some of the finest player* m tntf world indulge in the game v . Y^ the British football team visited the land of the moa some years ago, the members of that fine combination were astonished at the number of clever exponents of Rugby who were pitted against them in small towns, posseasiJM; names which the visitors found difficulty in pronouncing. Gymnasiums^are also freely patronised, concerning which fact Mr. Charles Albert Thome, #of Grey-street,- Auckland, had something to say to the writer. " £esr said jm. Thome, " I took on gymnastics, and did three nights a week at it afterwards, so that is sufficient proof that I was all right." ; I "Strength and vigour are certainly required for that kind of athletics. But were you very much run down beforehand ?" asked the reporter. "I was, indeed. My health was completely shattered, and I remainec in a terrible state of collapse 1 for full} six months. Four years have elapsed since then, and I hope never to have a recurrence of that dreadful illness, which started in the form of a very bad attack of indigestion. I always had an - unpleasant and bitter taste in my mouth, and there was a tight feeling on my .chest after eating, combined with severe pains in tlie stomach. Where the food lay heavily and undigested, till it turned sour and fermented. A duli pain began to tantalise me under the shoulders, besides which I had sharp priekm? sensations under the lower jv~ I us2(l to do a lot of reading, but no» my eves : ght became so bad that I could not feud. Persistent depressing headaches micle me always fetfi dejected and miserable: but my greatest misfortune was that I could nob sleep - at night.. Whether. through over-study or through bein* so excessively weak and debilitated I caandt SHy 5 but sleep refused to give ra'e the solace I so' badly wanted. When everybody was soundly', asleep, there I lay, night after night, WMe awake. I was a victim to insomnia in its most hideous form, and nobody can realise what that means unless they hare experienced the same great mental suffering which I endured Then my appetite failed altogether. I could not be tempted to cat, and no I lost all my flesh. It took considerable effort ?n my part to arouse myself from the state "of lethargy into which I had fal}eu. Very often . I did not succeed, but lay for hours in & listless and exhausted state. If 1 walked about, or 2xerted myself ever so little, I was DTercome with feelings of faint-ness, and my limbs ached again from extreme weakness. It was absurd going on in this way any longer, as I was physirally and mentally exhausted, so I determined to go for a long holiday to recuperate my health, in order to avert [being laid up perhaps for life." I "A:td del you go away for a holiday? : "No ; it became unnecessary. Ber tore putting that idea into effect, I was pravailed upon to take a course of Cloiuents Tonic. That was the best ad vice ever given to me, for hy its adoption my ■ health .Was restored to perfect order. The pains in ray stomach an 6 back were qui-vkly eased, and in a few daj3 AVfve entirely subdued. So wort the avvfnl aches which 'had been in my head for months, and when I was rid nf these troubles, I had no difficulty in obtaining a little rest, which came tc me slowly but surely, until I always relied upon having . a good night's sleep, and awoke in the morning feeling the benefit of it. Clements Tonic did all that for me, and more. It gare ma a splendid appetite, and bra-ed up my 'nervous system. I put on flesh rapidly, and my strength daily increased. In a very reasonable space of time there was not -a sign of indigestion left, my brain was stimulated into healthy activity, and I was as fit and well as before my exhausting illness attacked me. As I before stated t resumed athletic exercise with a. will.' "Would you Hke these facts known?' " Yes, to benefit others, you may publish my statements." STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, Chaslss Albsht Thotine, of Grcy-«treet, Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, do solemnly and sincerely declare that I have carefully read the annesed document, consisting of two folios and consecutively cumbered from one to' two, and that it contains and is a trueand faithful account of my illness and cure by Clements Tonic, and also comains my full permission to publish in any way my statements— which I give voluntarily, without recdivina any payment; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Ztaland, Intituled " The Justices of Peace Act, 1883." Declared at Auckland this twenty-sixth- day 0! October, one thousand nine hundred, before me, f AS. M. LENrfOX, J.P. South JBRiTibH Fire&Mamnb Insurance Co. Capital ». .»■ -#,900,000 Accumluated Funds MAnltnn Exceed.. »• £340 000 Fire and* Marine Insurances At Lowest Cobbent^R b H. 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